Souchez

Souchez
The Souchez river
Souchez
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Souchez
Coordinates: 50°23′29″N 2°44′37″E / 50.3914°N 2.7436°E / 50.3914; 2.7436Coordinates: 50°23′29″N 2°44′37″E / 50.3914°N 2.7436°E / 50.3914; 2.7436
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Vimy
Intercommunality	Lens-Liévin
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Marie Alexandre
Area1	6.75 km2 (2.61 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	2,337
• Density	350/km2 (900/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62801 / 62153
Elevation	62–157 m (203–515 ft) (avg. 97 m or 318 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Souchez is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

Souchez lies 8 miles (12.9 km) north of Arras, at the junction of the D937, D57 and D58 roads. The small river Souchez, a tributary of the Deûle, flows through the town.

Population

Places of interest

• The Basilica de Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, built in 1932, by the architect Louis Cordonnier. It overlooks Souchez, but is in fact located on the territory of the neighboring commune Ablain-Saint-Nazaire.
• The church of St.Nicolas, rebuilt, as was most of the village, after World War I.
• The French and Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries.
• The war memorials.
• The museum and the Centre Européen de la Paix, all about the First World War

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Souchez.

• Official commune website (French)
• Zouave Valley CWGC cemetery
• Souchez Cabaret-Rouge CWGC cemetery
• Souchez on the Quid website (French)
• Webpage about the monument dedicated to General Barbot (French)